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Statesman Republicanism

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International Tract and Missionary Society · Oakland, California · Dec 3, 1885

FromSigns of the Times, Vol. 11, No. 46.

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Statesman Republicanism

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The Christian Statesman speaks of government modeled after "Bible republicanism." That is a kind of republicanism of which we have no knowledge; a kingdom is the model government according to the Bible. We believe that under the present condition of things a republican form of government is the best; but with Christ as king over a "righteous nation which keepeth the truth," we can conceive of nothing better than a kingdom. The Statesman, however, is grievously muddled both in its Christianity and in its statesmanship. It holds that when Sunday is universally observed, then the millennium will begin, and that then Christ will reign as king of this republic! That is "Statesman republicanism."